SCI The Air Source C.A.R.T. F-ASC-001-001 Manual

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CONTINUOUSAIR RESOI]RCETRANSPORT
OperatingandMuintenance
InstructionManual
THEAIR SOURCE@)C.A.RT.
ModeIF-ASC-001-0tt1
THEAIRSOURCE@
C.A.R.T,
Model F-ASC-SCUBA
STIPERCAN INDUSTRIXS, INC,
7007BristolPike
L€vittown,Pennsylvania
19057
215^945-1075/ Fax[phone]

PRODUCTDEDICATION
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ABOfIT THEINVITNTOR
OFTIIE AIRSOURCE@C.A.R.T.
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ALACKNOWLEDCMENTS
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Table
ofContents
I.OINTRODUCTION
I.TTMPORTANT
INFORTVATION
I.2 AIR SOURCE@
C.A.R.T.O}TR!1EW
I.3 TTIE CONCEPTOTTII' AIR SOURCE@C.A.R.T
1.4WILATYOUMUST
KNOW10 USETIIE AIR SOURCE@C.A.R-T.
1.5AIR SOI'[e-mail]
ANDDDSCRTPTTONS
l.s.r [e-mail].
1.5,2TheAn Source@
SCUBAC.A.RT.
1.53OptionCodes
1.6UNPACKINGTIIE ATR
SO!'[e-mail].
T.7CONNECTINGTEE BATTERY
I.3 SETTINGUPTEE AIR SOURCE@C.A"R.T.
1.9MAIN FRAMETOWHEELEDFRAMETNTERIACE
2.0
CONNECTINCSUPPLYCYLTNDERS
TO TIIE I',{IN FRAMEUMT
2.1TR,ANSPORTTNGTITE
C,A.RT.
2.2
GOINGINTO SER!1CEWITH TIIE C.A.RT.
2.3PROCEI}URE
FORCIIANGTNGCYLINDERS
2.'1USEOTTEE OP ONALIIIGH PAJSSURNTNLET (EPDASSEMBLY
2.5USEOi TEE OmIONAL IIIGS PRESSURXOUTLETGrpO)
ASSEMBLY
2.6USTNGTEE IIIGII PRESSURE
CEECKEDVAIVE INLET ASSEMBLY
2.7RAISINCANDLO}ITRTNGTEE MAIN FRAMEUNIT
2,8DLECTRONICCONTROL
MODIILE (ECIf)
2,8.1Operrtiotrrd Acfirrion
2,E.2TEST
RESETBITTON (ECI\{)
2.8.3SEUT-DOWNPROCEDURE(ECIO
3.0
CAREANDMAINTENANCEOFTIIE AIR SOT'RCE@C.!"R.T.
3.I M,{\UFACTURERIS WARRA]YTY
3,2 TOLL-FREETDCENICAI SUPPORTIIOTLINE
3.3 EMERGENCYAIR [e-mail]. LOANERPROGRAM
3.4 RECOMMENDED
C.A.R.T.MAINTDNACEPROCEDTIRXS

1.0 INTRODUCTION
c.ARr. we 6mry
beliwein rhed*ign, ei$, ird ri!tuE
d.liv* qudnyptudddrbutb suppod
,l lssb of rheAir Sourc€oc.A
!t
cAUTtoNI
ProceduEsand
technlquesthatwlll6sultIn
danago
to
tho
equipmentifnoterofully
NOTE
Procedures. ndlechnlouoslnara6 considdred
lmportanl€noughtoemphaslz€.
ur dhard tr liie
$ bc supdy an for
ic.nq]6ope6Elhepneumliclmls
I.,IIMPORTANT
INFORMATION
TheAir source€c-{.R.T. shourd
beNedor naiDbined
wmin$, Celioo\ md Nots usedi
1.Donol[email protected]untillh€
inst.uctonmanua
hasbeenreadandundereloo
2.Donolus6lheArfsourc€oc.A.RT losupply
brcathldg6ridrespiEtocwithoutaLainedand
qua
ifiedCadarcndantdmr€ pos lionodallhe
3.DonoluselheAnSour@@CA.R.Tlpsupp y
€spl€ioc
used
in
lDll-l
(lmm€n
atelyDangeou!
ToLifeAndNealth)almcphercsunl6sIhos€
respi€ioFhaveanemergencybadkupair
suppLy.
(Esress
oylinder)olsuficientdurrlionfof
6capelromIDLNalmGphorsorhazdous
@ndilionsAnIDLF.hosphee isanyatmos-
phe€that poses
aninnediatehaard lo life
a
nd
prcduoes
immedlateirreve6ible
debiitalingefiectsonheallh.
4.UsooflhisAsourc€@C.A.R.T.tosupply
a ida Pr6sureDefrandAidlnerespraiDrdoes
dot
@nvertthecspiGlor inlolheequivilanlofa
self-conlainedBrcainlngAppaEru6
(scBA)or
anEmercencyEsepe Brethhs AppaEtus
(EEBA).
P€ssureDemand
AirlineEpi€toF
supp
iedwilhbGalhingairfrcmthsAlrCan
muslb6ae connecledIoaback'upsopply
orair€nied inanancyrinder
onlhepe6onof
the€spiBldr userinord6rlobeusedlvhere
SCBAorEEBAsareused
5. nallareas,Fedohland/orsrar6osHA
(Ocupalional
SafetyAnd
HearrhAdblnislration)
€oulationshEt be
folored involvingbreathing
appaEtususeTseleclionandleh nicalop€Blion
alguide in* forlh€lypeolopebtioninwlved
Pmceducs
andr€chniquerharwirrr€surtin
peEonar
iniuryorde.thrfnotcaeturry
Donoru36rheAh sourcs@C-A.R.T.
rosuppty
upprybrcarhhsanb. BspiEtorrcerrhe
onrrnuorcrequken€nt
ofairto
poworpn.unaric
oolswllllow.rrheanBuppryrorho
resptrtor
u$E,5nd h.arhe porsntrarbconramin,rc
rhe

1.2AtRSOURCE
@C.A.R.T.
OVERVIEW
rnNpons (c ARr ), \r&5d6issd rId d$etqe,r rofirl r
t i psn
i5ned.n rh! cd' isn,Ld\nhiu.yrrdm e
1,3THE
CONCEPTOFTHEAIR
souRcE@c.A.R.T.
*iq$ p{ds s{r
|pplyo|lrigl'qsli'y
co.nddlDd ofrl str (r hr h tit h r qnDmn$4
oobid! (L!! hd b iFnlpod ir *he€ 'i ga rcdedl *dsln
('r
h:d'ob. r Ligrr's FjbLc). oqad {\c mayhrw e
b.ig r mush I Y4 sml spre), r
na hNt b lo{d r inro r fl'ot rier) $rely (vc lird b
rycyrnder,nL,r!$
o lds (tr. hid rorpd! mo( rh!tron
Liry.,ru*hjrirr ('rr! rjp^ md dem
aE $€riDs), ind Dmd'crli,r (ir bd b {o ). .,rl or 'hde
oF$conhr0g'lr
Lhc
4upmflr No rd+r dG the!!!! bM robe toerd
1]L!biehre\UcqP|}boithgof
1,4WHATYOUMUSTKNOWTO
USETHEUNIT
(Irepflrnm' dr tuNpdtu'nD) !mo!r. b3lc 3
..o]nsceqilLappltrlblesddllns
(xdhir rne fFr.ro! A!turdoo 0,r
Nr.os.r' (Ndioul
srdy ,u,r
H{xh)Fu,cnedshodtr&,nens.

6.ThecouplinsroDrhecd nu$ mbh th. ondd
ued onthe6?idd h@ ssnbry ed fid iie
n@ ab6ry be L\e ry?e $pplird by ihc
inufaclofsebmthii€lpposol,
?.Tbn $. Erehiic cdtut Modute
(rcM) Alm
ad opetuingduiic N dfrhcce
Tr.s bd.f wilh iostutims Hnd
dnins pmgm. such ftining shourd indrud. f
oplotuiq, rol.m howrdiisp.4 pmpdy miftin md
1,5[email protected].
MODELSANDDESCRIPTIONS
tn.hish
DE$E mrilold syh, rd dEaplmpritu
rylinds nounrinetud*m. A[ high
pt*@ nninssusd
ii &eslsren
@ oiri6 dod;ed alminm, sbn es srcl. or
zircchnm& sel fidinesrur.dforafininm 0f5,000
psi
1,5.rTIIE AIR SOURCE@ASCC"\.R-T.
rne
Ai.sourc€oAscc.A.Rr. isdesigi.Jfor
u* vidr
siB, t!s. dd neres or scBA..ylnd6 itur arc
undffier BEairrog Appdac) cyrides.
1.5.2TEE AIR [e-mail].
The.irRsolrRcroscuBA
C.A.R.T.isd€sisredrortr*
116 dr st*, !ps, md mkes or s
mnfigured{idlscLrBAcylinddld!p6bcaA]46
3d'ph rondlrc scuBA rytinds
1.5.3oPTION CODDS
HPI.sigbP]K[el.letoldon'
YrB 6nin3s,cGA r47 naleom6
p.mi6 d,ccmnerioi ora
hishpGsure
rir supprysu.ha .
A'S,M'E'spplycylitrdeGiopdiit'ne
orIhc cd liomahth pBsurc.ir :ouEethdnry uiye on
a..dwbgeoidsm]oplionni}.t
isnd beinguxd a m inonhg high
b. Nd roplec r ddinoal hishD
hcckv3|mopiiotr'
wii\d'isoplim'djesi'nl6sshlsh
wid'a.h{kv:rvelnlhisdsiei.d'bd@chffitpofico
on|yb9u*dlobogahjghpB$rc
]te''dbesedsabrghpBsrcoud
FO -Figh}Brur Oudd Opdon.
146mr. 6'mroi hd .bidle$ s@l pobriyc crc aE
ofd'ehiehpEsE
mdrdd Thisoprion
prthjts $c @mdrio orh ddirimar
4gu|!brfahighplq$rchoe,b
b€i'c uriliz.ds m odrdt ft dy beu
rk Hpo oGh prsuE oudd)oDdoituy beordeEdad
u&dNnh eirhqd,eHPr
(rngh
prc$ure
iniet orther'pr cv
(h!gh pfsm inrd rh crecr. Qir op'ioo rno
.orbiiarior ol borhaninld rd oudddsmbly givs the
nuinm vetrriry tu ,I
dismnnd 6ms6 nse spsiry
'n*eadtype'Hmsd,Aao,ldqS
's' {ri6 tTs ,€ sbnd! ; o${ om{br sryls rc
NOTE
Althoush
th€AjrSou@@C,A,R,T,is
aEllableIndrl€rentconflgurations,itis
roconnondodlhai
nb3dili:edwith60min.

1.6UNPACKINGTHE
AIR
SOURCE@C.A.R.T.
r)Remw {reunt riomdreshippi,cboxsd mdc rr
2)RemoveirE PeMii.l / ,|ml lMor bo{d F.m ib
lmrdive plcklsc hd du ft in b6v
3) Removed,ediy d$brc tu|d n o 6e prcEdiw
hibemdeofsefrontupdghtof
4)Remved'espm pdts/borp.ucbjirm rtu@rdjw
insidc
orth€ rq nghtcylindqsuppo
s)TheuDi.n shi$ei rhthcb .ry insiderhe
housing,
bDllh.bm.r'p|ugilnotconnededb
,hins dunrg tuspofttion
I.7 CONNECTINGTHE
BATTERY
TocoNMcTTHxTrUMB,\TTERYP^d<.
FOLLOWTIIE OUTLINf,DPROCEDURE:
I boE rheso s.ms holdinerhefeeplat and
2.Cfftrly rdoE rhefac€ptae
a.d altor ir b be
ssp€ndedbydrewili.chanss'
or d'. dshnic .otol mdule xhich r munEd
rhd dE rs vd.6 nounndlnhiun brtury Det
sd omer rhe
M bgerh{.nreins $rc rheyrock
4 M,r. sur thd rhe
g-volt
a06lim6atry adapbis
bd, mkhg sft d'ar$c wi4 m iot pinched
brs@o rhe
laeprabandrhebox.
2'cNftnympluen\.lilbimbgGryd$e
comdd Fon rhcd-bdri. @tud Eodurd.
4Lostse9-voltbiftryad{tr'haiissbEd
fuld.y.oinfttold{lerba|lo*lheomglioiofl
bahq 3odsd arar
iroiv.iimr rif.. rhebr6y .d'pu pemr rre
orhng condilioDs,$k 9vorrRrllriie .c[ rhourdrdr
frnn4b6w..k,dcPdditrgNb6Iopenlio.ii'Eoflbe
Thec vohb$tup b{hq is ri' hlporuy mscmy
u$ olry unhlarcplami ri$im ban*ypr tuy 6e
pmh&n sd iisblkn. FnlonsNeorthe9vol baerJ

ouAdrwidrrhemain
'D' hsdtcrharhord:
$c cylrndeE,d,ecyriids mohr, sd ![ ot$e pleuMns
ad .h.roris r n {5icd sd hdddo rhedr*led fm.
rn bya\linr*s eel brh pu ird is
rheF brocknEhaMreiipr&!,rhc
Cd unr
1.8SETTINGUPTHEAIR
SOURCE@
C.A.R,T. NOTE
Thecentsrposition
{handle
pointed
toward
rh€operato4i6rhoOFF
posnion.
whenlhe
handl€isInthi5
po.ition,
weareshultinsofi
. rn.upplylromrheclainders-rhisoFF
pGirion
isu3€dwh€nd,ecartis.quipp.d
with
the
HlghPBssureInlel
(HPl)
opoon,andwe
aresupplingrhecaftrr.n aohote Hish
,rows IE cad1obc
pLc€n
jna
. , hd1:od, Fs,rionro sropedorDiever
bighptsut.ylindd
connsrioi nrppreThse b|&nvarv6sbordbek@rcrsed
rhes hish
Presm€
risbl!d od njppLe
l1njiiigPtsdtnomlhe
11
6. mcn fRissr]RE MANTFoLI Thk is rhdroio
tuirdd b $pply rheedir sysdn
nsbt ft ft b.i|g sdlpricdby$c nghl cylinder
10,c\r,n!'Df,RsuPlLYuosE
(scuBA)
-Ansourcee
coupli@(i\e slm asllleAsc). P{k g.nnd \hipplnns
iheAsc ,mdere6 'v. (?)cc^ :r4
f qtirdG isdcprcl€n
RcmViDg'lrcsPP|idScU!^adnpim

1r.
rRrssrJRERrcLaAioR
r^sc)
ftstrrdo! i3 d.signrd b now iD
nnle'ftndesieftjss'fxi|gfu"
ILI' REG!L^TOR
(scrBA) rliis rgurxbr isdjBbb
oporatlonof[email protected].
{scUBA)
incrudinssetinsofsupplyprFsure onthe
low
pressur.
manifold,wirrbederermined
by
form.rrraaningInwai6r,divins
andwater
mmded b ar dunjnm lowprtsm nnifold 0 '5 p!i)
raf6r4 b bedisbtrs.db mefor
ArLodLcroDrbc
Cd e d*ieed widr
in.jqvi..|h0}li|l!$ixtikqingdinanddebnsfiom
Thch]ghPftsregaugeislHl€don
thehfrMndsideor6ehiehea$u€
ltis'es*:jbeNad'ehigh
ThesfelyF]ie|d.i€
rkbry d r25
nsiud ir n aerdy
ftnolftesllsdi|clype,sd'ilj.
dic bieh pn*@ ruirord. k adivrs !\e ekaonic
o.mnd mdrle (EcM), iM adim

13, I|-ncrRoNrc coyM^ND MoDULtr
(rcro
'her Lighr Enihng Diods (r-ED) Nov€ratt€mpt1onove 6rarhspod rheAn
source@canwi$thehitch
pln
disengag€d.
Atremprinqto
do.o n.yc.usethe m.in
fram€u.ittofallourofrhewheeredfiam€unrt,
calsingdamageiorhomiror poGonariniury
lopoFons in
th€vici.iryoftheunil.
2.0 CONNECTING
SUPPLY
CYLINDERSTOTHEMAIN
FRAMEUNIT
Shouu t'heTcflon so{t seatbe danaged
while in operation, lh€ Air Sonrce CART
can be reprired by utiting the sprre prrts
in fte partr blg locat€d inside thr naitr
i''di.,*lhd$cb!@ryno]hFlts
Thebalieryadapler
andI vot baterye4tr
llot bersedasa lons
te.meplacement
for
theLilhiumbaitery
pac.
Lorglerm
useol
a I volt bafterywil causepemanent
damageto
theElectonicContolllodule.
'I.9 MAINFRAME
TOWHEELED
FRAME
INTERFACE
ehibcNcnb\cs
Tak. rh. rs sbirL$ s@t hieh pnr$
andpll€ldmueLdendsh',Lhruushthcoathinchole
i]'lhemiifnno.ed6mugh'hesoidsh'as!nb|y,
whlrls e Dosjriortn
tuard t\e
upnds on $e miD rnm Diir
ilE h0d *hel, miy cirugerhelm
b\fd b\e
f'onr,vhile rle opposires
ibeft (hrnd shel islostd e0d.go! n n .urrd nofr)
veruo srip Atucb,bespdy hocsb
byyftliigd'hrcGAxTheddsrtTighhmodenb|y
mr, bc ddomd or dnagld by
!!CAUTTON!!